MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art
Modern Mondays
December 2009
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters 

 

An Evening with Dara Friedman

Monday, December 7, 7:00 p.m.

Dara Friedman (German, b. 1968), a moving-image artist who lives and works in Miami, presents and discusses her film Musical (2008), which was recently acquired by MoMA. The work exuberantly documents a series of singing performances, made possible by the Public Art Fund, that were photographed between September 17 and October 5, 2007, on the streets of midtown Manhattan. Friedman invited about sixty ordinary New Yorkers to suddenly, surprisingly break into song—seemingly in mid-stride, whether in the middle of a block or inside a building.

 

Program 90 min. T2

 

Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film.

 

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In Conversation: An Evening with John Cale

Monday, February 15, 7:00 p.m.

For In Conversation: An Evening with John Cale, Cale (Welsh, b. 1942), artist, musician, sonic innovator, and a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground, reflects upon the liaison between music and art. The evening includes a discussion of his recent work, Dyddiau Du (Dark Days) (2009), currently on view in the Wales Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The installation exemplifies the multivalent nature of contemporary media art. The event will be moderated by Associate Curator Barbara London. 

 

Program 60 min. T1

 

Organized by Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art.

 

Tickets: $10 adults; $8 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D. $6 full-time students with current I.D. (For admittance to film programs only.) The price of a film ticket may be applied toward the price of a Museum admission ticket when a film ticket stub is presented at the Lobby Information Desk within 30 days of the date on the stub (does not apply during Target Free Friday Nights, 4:00-8:00 p.m.). Admission is free for Museum members and for Museum ticketholders.

 

Modern Mondays is a weekly program that brings contemporary, innovative film and moving-image works to the public and provides a forum for viewers to engage in dialogue and debate with contemporary filmmakers and artists.  Modern Mondays presents new-and newly rediscovered-film and media works with the director in attendance, stimulating discourse, dialogue, and interaction in a social setting.

Organized by the Department of Film and the Department of Media and Performance Art. Modern Mondays is made possible by Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro. Additional support is provided by The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art.

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